The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™

Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach, and speaker. He has earned a reputation as being one of the world’s top consultants and coaches who has the unique ability of developing, and implementing, systematic solutions to complex business problems.

His consulting firm, Work the System (WTS) Enterprises, has attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries. Josh has personally consulted or coached over 500 business owners from more than 100 industries, from small startup businesses to large $500M enterprises.

Josh has been recognized as the authority in Business Performance Architecture. Due to his phenomenal success rate, and a mountain of client testimonials, he has quickly become one of the most in-demand small business consultants in North America.

His forte, which is helping businesses properly organize and systematize their operations so they can achieve exponential growth, has resulted in hundreds of success stories from around the world. Many of Josh’s clients acknowledge that his ideas and coaching have led to millions of dollars in profit increase.

Josh met Sam Carpenter in 2011 after reading Sam’s book, Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less. Josh partnered with Sam after recognizing that they shared a common vision of helping business owners get unstuck by developing systematic solutions to their problems. “There is nobody in the world who is better equipped at helping business owners implement the WTS Methodology than Josh,” says Sam Carpenter.

Josh graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s in architecture before getting his MBA from Arizona State University. When he’s not coaching or consulting to business owners, Josh enjoys setting up “personal systems” to maximize his time with his wife and three boys.

https://www.workthesystem.com/bulletproof/

Bobby Umar is recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers in North America. He is also a 5x TEDx speaker, and a social media influencer with over half a million followers. An authority on authentic networking, personal branding and digital connection, Bobby is an author of two books, including an Amazon #1 Best Seller, as well as a frequent Huffington Post contributor.

Brock Shinen is a lawyer and strategy consultant, a speaker, an author, and the founder of the Law Office of Brock Shinen, Inc., which represents some of the largest churches and ministry organizations in America.

Brock is a highly sought-after business adviser and strategist to globally recognized organizations and ministries. His writing has been featured in publications such as the Huffington Post.He is the author of the new book "The Christian Entrepreneur : Dream, Plan, Execute, Grow". Brock lives with his wife and two children in Orange County, California.

website: www.brockshinen.com

Brian Buirge is the Co-founder of Good Fucking Design Advice. He is an international speaker and consultant for brands looking to embrace a culture and mindset of risk-taking and innovation. He has worked with a range of organizations from Fortune 100 companies to brands small and medium-sized companies. His work has been awarded and featured in numerous national and industry publications. His first book, Do the Fucking Work: Lowbrow Advice for High-level Creativity, was co-written with Jason Bacher and Jason Richburg his business partners.

Jeff Fleischman is the CMO of Altimetrik, a digital transformation accelerator that helps clients deliver great products and services that accelerates financial profitability. He is also an advisor, speaker, and columnist for Forbes.com.

He is the author of the personal & professional development book titled “Advice to my younger self. In his long career, he has held leadership roles in companies like Penn Mutual, American Express, TIAA-CREFF, Citi and more where he established a strong record of leadership and execution on growth strategies that have resulted in measurable bottom-line results.

Jeff earned a B.S. degree in Finance from Syracuse University and his M.B.A from Hofstra University. He and his family reside in Morganville, New Jersey.

www.advicetomyyoungerselfbook.com

Jordan Raynor is the author of the soon-to-be-released Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do andthe national best-seller Called to Create: A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate, and Risk. He leads a growing community of Christians seeking to more deeply connect to their faith with their work. Jordan serves as the Executive Chairman of a tech start-up, Threshold 360, where he previously served as CEO after launching a string of successful ventures. He’s a highly sought-after speaker on faith, work, and entrepreneurship at some pretty amazing places, including Harvard University, SXSW, and TEDx. He has twice been selected as a Google Fellow and had the incredible honor of serving in the White House under President George W. Bush.

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Marwan Mery is the co-founder of ADN Group, The Agency Of Professional Negotiators. He and his co-founder Laurent Combalbert lead a team of professional negotiators who help corporations, government organizations, high networth Individuals, and NGOs  resolve complex negotiations and crisis situations at an over 90% success rate. 

Their expertise is in conducting, assisting, and supervising over a hundred complex negotiations a year, around the world including crisis cases, kidnap and ransom negotiations, social conflict, commercial negotiation, diplomatic relations, patient-physician relations (where, for example, a patient refuses to comply with their treatment) and more.)

As a result of their work at ADN Group, Laurent & Marwan have been invited to speak at several conferences, provide advice on media outlets like CNN, train several security agencies on crisis negotiation, and served as the inspiration for the hit CBS TV Show Ransom. 

www.adngroup.com

Eric Kapitulik is a well-known and well-respected leader, coach, and teammate. He served in the United States Marine Corps as both an Infantry Officer and Special Operations Officer with 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division. As a Platoon Commander within his company, Eric led a team of 20 covert operations specialists on numerous Special Forces-related missions.

After leaving active duty, Eric founded The Program in 2008 with the purpose of developing better leaders and creating more cohesive teams. He and his team use battle-tested military principles learned in elite military organizations to help executives, athletes and entrepreneurs develop their leadership skills so they can achieve and maintain peak performance in their various roles.

As a leadership trainer and coach, Eric and his team work with most of the top college sports teams in the country and well as leading businesses.

In this episode, we talked about Eric’s biggest regret, why he decided to leave investment banking at Goldman Sachs to start his own firm, some of the leadership development lessons he learned from the Marines and how executives can accomplish any goal by simply taking disciplined actions every day.

Company - The Program - http://www.theprogram.org/

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Elise Keith is the co-founder of online meeting management platform Lucid Meetings. Known as the ‘Meeting Maven,’ Elise offers unprecedented expertise that inspires audiences, proving that meetings shouldn’t be fewer or shorter—but better and more effective. She is the author of Where the Action Is: The Meetings That Make or Break Your Organization, which contains eye-opening strategies companies can use to structure beneficial meetings, create a healthy workplace culture, and propel overall team momentum.

Book: “Where the Action Is: The Meetings That Make or Break Your Organization”Company:

Lucid Meetings - www.lucidmeetings.com

Website: JEliseKeith.com

Dave Ramos is an author, speaker, and CEO of SHIFTPOINTS, Inc. He is good at lots of things but is great at helping companies unleash the accelerating power of alignment. Prior to founding SHIFTPOINTS, Dave applied his passion for alignment in a broad range of settings, including large global corporations, venture-backed start-ups, and innovative nonprofits.

Mr. Ramos's expertise lies in helping numerous companies and organizations around the world improve their alignment, so they can dramatically outperform their competitors in 3 main areas i.e. revenue growth, employee engagement and customer engagement.

As a result of his work at SHIFTPOINTS, Dave receives numerous invitations to speak at conferences, advices CEOs on issues concerning organizational alignment, trains leadership teams at s